We excel at everything...for a while
Usually in the first stages of anything new, the US excels. Right now, we're trying out fascism as a form of gubmint. We're getting good at it. But sooner or later somebody (the Japanese?) will surpass us, we will lose interest, and go onto the next thing...who knows, maybe Progressivism, or Centrism....
[Edit: That said, I personally am happy we didn't execute him, for the reasons BeeP and others here have stated; basically, the spectacle of his execution is exciting, while the "spectacle" of his lifelong incarceration is, well, appropriately BOOORRR-ring! Don't get upset if the Fundie Right-wing Whackjob Demagogues don't get it. That's normal -- they don't get much of anything, except undue attention. Just understand that all they have going for them is a big mouth, good publicists, and a small minority of the populace as adherents.]
jb4
"So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't."
— Stephen Colbert, at the White House Correspondent's Dinner 29Apr06
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May 4, 2006, 10:18:38 AM EDT
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May 4, 2006, 01:34:57 PM EDT
We excel at everything...for a while
Usually in the first stages of anything new, the US excels. Right now, we're trying out fascism as a form of gubmint. We're getting good at it. But sooner or later somebody (the Japanese?) will surpass us, we will lose interest, and go onto the next thing...who knows, maybe Progressivism, or Centrism....
jb4
"So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't."
— Stephen Colbert, at the White House Correspondent's Dinner 29Apr06
